S 2044
113th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Accounting and auditing
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxpayer Accountability Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 26, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Taxpayer Accountability Act - Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; and (3) to conclude any audit of an individual taxpayer not later than 1 year after the audit is initiated and to not assess any tax with respect to such audit after it is concluded.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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